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Chong XingDissertation • June 13th, 2021
Guided by the theories of social identity (Tajfel & Turner, 1979; Turner, Hogg, Oakes, Re- icher, Wetherell, 1987) and intergroup contact (Allport, 1954; McIntyre, Paolini, Hewstone, 2016; Pettigrew, 1998; Pettigrew & Tropp, 2006; Williams, 1947), this study examines stereotype jokes about Asian Americans and stereotype agreement from Caucasian Americans’ perspectives. Sit- uated in the context of standup comedy, two factors were experimentally manipulated using a 2 ⇥ 2 within-subjects design: the racial group membership of the comedian (Asian/White) and the content valence of the joke (negative/positive stereotype). Four written scripts based on standup comedy routines and mass media messages were used for the experimental manipulations. These scripts are also in line with common stereotypes identified in prior empirical studies about Asian sojourners and immigrants in the United States (i.e., success driven and bad drivers).
